The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-12
RAILROAD RACKET.
Still Regulating The Traffic
Business
UNDER THE COMMERCE LAW
From Foreign Shores-StarVed to
Dealt Russia Bought Thsm-The
Ocean Race-Ot2er Notes
The railways Still Regulating.

NEW YORK, March 11.-Tbe presi-
dents of the Trunk Lines met this
afternoon at Commissioner Fink's
office. President Roberts, of the
Pennsylvania Company, presided. The
passenger agents committee report was
adopted with slight amendments. The
report of the freight agents committee
was approved. 1t was decided that
second-class tickets to points west as
far as Chicago should be retained On
all other routes, second class tickets
Will be abolished. 1t was felt that there
were many people who lived
in cities of the east coast who could
not afford to pay first-class rates and
were willing to accept inferior acc ON
modations in consideration of reduced
fare, and that it would be an injustice
were the cheap rate abolished. The
emigrant fares will remain the same as
at present for tickets sold in Europe,
but no distinction will be made on
tickets sold on this side. Cheap fares
only apply to west-bound tickets. The
committee s recommendationsin regard
to excursion tickets already published
were approved. The agents commits
sion will be abolished.
New YORK, March 1.-THE Tribune
has the following additional points in
regard to the matters agreed on by the
railroad meeting at Commissioner
Finks' Office, yesterday, in relation to
passenger traffic under the Interstate
law:
Mileage tickets are abolished. Minis
tiers are to be allowed reduced fares. Ex..
cursion ickets are defined to mean
round tip tickets Id at red iced
rates to persons who, under con-
ditions, desire to make a journey
within a given time to given
point and return, and the intention
of the law is taken to be that all ques-
tons OF restriction, limitation, place,
and fares are to beleft to the discretion
spectively. Free baggage is allowed OF
class ticket; rs pounds on each half
ticket, and $50 pounds respectively on
each full or half emigrant ticket.
Baggage in excess of these allowances
up to an absolute limit of $50 pounds
Except ship immigrants) is to be
charged at not less than II per cent. the
lowest unlimited first class fare. No
commercial baggage, musical instru-
ments, organs, pianos, donkeys, horses
or theatrical scenery will be transported
as free baggage, and all excess baggage
and order bonds and permits. are to be
withdrawn from sale. When joint tariff
through fares are established, where
two or more connecting roads are con-
cerned, the party to the joint tariff
can not make any change except after
formal notice to the other parties.
Differential fares for through and COM
petitive business are to be established
by consultation and sgreem enty under
the section referring to the long and
short haul. We understand that the
law deals with fares in the aggregate,
and that the proportion on a through
fare need not, of necessity, control
local fares. In the case of greater
charges for short distance by reason
of the competition of water lines or
otherwise, your committee believe that
they have no right to permit such
fares to continue or to.b be made without
the authorization of the national com
mission.
Traffic in connection with the Pacific
Coast routes eastwardly, may be taken
at % per cent. of the through rate as
the proportion from Chicago to the sea-
board as heretofore, with minimum of
20 cents from Chicago to New York;
provided the transcont mental does not
charge more from any point east OF the
Pacific Coast to any intermediate points
west OF the Atlantic sea coast.